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CLASS XVIII.—STATE FORESTS ACCOUNT.

Minister of Lands.

Appropriations for the State Forests Account.

1899-1900. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ ote 116.-—State Forests Branch of the Lands and Survey Department 840 5,535 6,375 TOTAL OF CLASS XVIII. ... 840 ,535 6,375 Item. 1-1900. 18 STATE FOEESTS BEANCH OF THE DEPABTMENT OF LANDS AND SUE VET. 1899-1900. Total number of officers ... 5 VOTE No. 116. State Forests Branch oe the Lands and Survey Department— Salaries— Chief Forester 4 Assistant Foresters and Nursery Overseers 240 600 Other Charges — Clearing, &c, plantations, Albury Estate ... Fencing, Buildings, Planting, Material, &c. — Eweburn Nursery ... , ... £1,100 Tapanui Nursery ... ... 1,000 Botorua Nursery ... ... 1,100 New Plantations ... ... 1,800,; 840 50 2 3 Planting reserves, Mackenzie County (from rents of reserves) State Forests Beserve, Makuri, &c, fencing, &c. Travelling allowances and expenses Wanaka Island Domain improvements 5,000 4 190 70 200 25 5 6 7 5,535 Total — Vote No. 116 ... 6,375 TOTAL OF CLASS XVIII. £ ,375